Designer: obverse: Mary Gillick; reverse: George Edward Kruger-Gray
Reference: KM# 56
Diameter: 31 mm
Reverse In the central part, a left-facing profile image of a kangaroo. Below it, the year of minting, 1961. Along the edge of the coin are inscriptions in English: at the top, "AUSTRALIA"; at the bottom, "PENNY". The rim features decorative elements in the form of denticles.
Obverse Along the edge of the coin is a Latin inscription: "ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F: D:" - "ELIZABETH THE SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD QUEEN". In the central part, a profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. The rim features decorative raised denticles.